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and has kept it there in spite of all the threats and bluff of the 
opposition, and when our work is crowned with success Dr. 
Niles will come in for his full share of credit. 
Now, gentlemen, I desire to warn you that we have stormy 
times ahead. Vigorous attempts will certainly be made to have 
our examining board law amended or repealed, and we must be 
on the lookout so as to be able to counteract every such attempt 
even before it is made, if possible. We have already received 
notice that the law for the control and prevention of contagious 
diseases will be attacked and we must never lose an opportunity 
in making friends for it, for you may rest assured that it makes 
an enemy of every man who suffers by it. We must look to the 
officers of the association to guard its interests, and we will hold 
them responsible for any neglect. 
AN ANOMALOUS DISEASE OF THE HORSE. 
By T. B. Newby, V.S., Pana, III. 
A Paper read before the Illinois Veterinary Medical Association. 
At the request of our worthy State Veterinarian, Dr. Trum- 
bower, I will give a brief description of a disease which for want 
of a better name we will title under the generic term of u ano¬ 
malous.” And to me ’tis a very anomalous one indeed. My 
first experience was in January, 1895, in a few sporadic cases in 
Christian County, but, beyond a death or two of inferior animals, 
no great loss was experienced, until February, 1896, when an 
outbreak occurred in Shelby County, alarming the horse owners 
of the community, owing in some respects to bearing a resem¬ 
blance to glanders. I will mention one farm which I visited ; 
the cases and circumstances found there will offer as citations to 
serve my purpose, as they were a fair type of the cases coming 
under my notice. The horses on this farm were divided into 
two lots by a public highway ; one lot on north side of road 
running in woods pasture, receiving corn twice daily and corn- 
fodder ; were quite healthy. While those south of road, with 
